Hospital Home Health Archives – April 1, 2010
April 1, 2010
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Don't wait any longer: HH-CAHPS is around the corner
Home health managers got a little breathing room when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay in the implementation requirements for the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS). Many providers needed the additional time to focus on implementation of OASIS C [Outcome and Assessment Information Set], which was initiated in January 2010. -
Communication and education key to survey
The standardized questionnaire required for the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) contains 34 questions that resemble questions most home health agencies use on their own patient satisfaction surveys. -
Keep customer service top of mind
Preparing your staff for implementation of the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HH-CAHPS) patient survey program requires a different approach than preparation for OASIS-C, says Sue Squibb, BSN, director of consulting services for The Corridor Group in Overland Park, KS. " -
Advance directives not in place for many
About 66% of respondents to a Maryland telephone survey do not have advance medical directives, according to a new report by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management. -
Target those at risk for cardiometabolic syndrome
As part of its focus on prevention as a successful strategy to improve the quality and lower the cost of health care, Independence Blue Cross has launched a program targeting members who are at risk for cardiometabolic syndrome, a condition that may increase a person's chance of developing heart disease and diabetes. -
Tailoring DM to patient improves outcomes
People with chronic conditions who received telephonic disease management coaching based on their level of health activation had fewer visits to the hospital and emergency department than people coached in the usual way, a study has shown. -
Research provides clues to adherence strategies
HIV clinicians often work with patients who have such an overwhelming number of barriers to optimal treatment adherence that it's difficult to know where an adherence intervention should begin. -
Lack of adherence in heart failure therapy
When research suggests changes in standard medical practice, the public health community expects physicians and hospitals to adopt the new way and help improve patient outcomes. -
News Briefs: AONE outlines health reform preferences
Increasing home visits by nurses and establishing a demonstration program for home-based primary care teams are two of the nursing-related provisions in the final health care reform bill that members of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) urged lawmakers to keep.